Gorgeous! My favorite thing to do each spring is create a planter for our porch. It sits on a column at the top of the front steps. I love selecting a variety of plants, and always include an asparagus fern and some sort of coleus, plus flowering plants. This year I chose fuschia and two beautiful double impatiens.

I like your idea of dividing the plants. Very smart! Nice combination of tall and trailing plants too.Claudia

Thanks Nancy! The window boxes are mostly shade but I do have a couple large urns at the edges of our property with ferns that are south facing, partial sun. I've found the Kimberly ferns can take a little more sun.

One trick I learned is to plant containers using a potting soil with a slow release fertilizer and for the first 2 weeks after planting, water every day with a liquid fertilizer mixed into the water, then 2/week with the liquid fertilizer/water. My mother calls it steroids for plants. It really gives it a boost to grow large, healthy flowers.

Spring comes early here, so my planters were all planted in April. I only buy from a local nursery that has very healthy, good size plants. Although I did find my Kimberly fern at Lowes! Most of these plants are pretty mature and very healthy. I use a good potting soil mix and I water probably weekly with Miracle Grow. Mine are looking great except one mixed pot and I'm thinking it is because of our strange weather this year. We are already in the 90s - very unusual for June. Your boxes are beautiful.

Beautiful window boxes.I love that you add the ferns instead of just flowers...I love using the hanging baskets to place in containers for instant gratification...thanks for all of the tips and inspiration.

What a great idea to use mature plants and break them up. I live in a suburb of Brisbane called Ferny Hills and those particular ferns pop up everywhere like weeds so I might choose some more exotic ferns (at least exotic to a Brisbanite).

You are so clever, this will be one of your most pinned posts one day! This really helps gardeners. I love the sawing through technique. I have used the little Felco folding saw to divide garden hostas for our shade window boxes in our Ohio house and it worked also. Great post!

I have also bought a perennial fern for my area and then in late Oct. when the summer flowers are done , I take the fern out of planter box and plant in the ground.. I feel like I really get my money's worth !

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Hi, I’m Pam…living a simple, but active life in Denver. I love sharing the details of creating a stylish, yet comfortable home for our family. Using my latest garage sale or Craigslist finds puts a smile on my face!